How do you plan urgent radiation therapy for vaginal bleeding caused by locally advanced cervical cancer?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gynecologic Cancers • Cervical Cancer

What dose and technique do you use and how do you integrate the subsequent definitive treatment plan?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Generally my approach has been vaginal packing, support and start chemo plus pelvic RT with 1.8 Gy per fraction as an in-patient to expedite treatment if based on imaging that the patient has non metastatic disease. This approach does help most of the time in slowing down bleeding. Some times if it ...

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Radiation Oncologist at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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